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The Pokemon Strangler was finally apprehended by authorities after he was found hiding in the bushes near a notorious Pokemon gym. He is suspected in the disappearances of nearly a dozen would be Trainers by luring them to isolated areas with claims of finding several rare pokemon. He was known for Machoking his victims before stroking his Venasaur off on the remains.

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Yesterday a work mate told me he went to the beach with a friend and 40 people were on the beach with their phones out. Some guy in the distance yelled out about Dratini's being where he was and everybody started moving over.

As someone who doesn't see anything super special about GO, but loves the traditional RPG's....this is crazy nuts. People love it.

Count it or not, the futures of both are intertwined with each other. And Nintendo doing well with this IP will help influence its future in mobile and it will influence Pokemon Company's future in terms of marketing the IP to a new blue ocean within the mobile genre.

That said, just because it's working well for mobile though, does not mean that it will conclude with main pokemon games getting onto a phone, mainly because the creators, the developers, and Nintendo still hold the console philosophy tight.

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Count it or not, the futures of both are intertwined with each other. And Nintendo doing well with this IP will help influence its future in mobile and it will influence Pokemon Company's future in terms of marketing the IP to a new blue ocean within the mobile genre.

That said, just because it's working well for mobile though, does not mean that it will conclude with main pokemon games getting onto a phone, mainly because the creators, the developers, and Nintendo still hold the console philosophy tight.

You're right, my first post was poorly worded and I just wanted to get at why the future of Pokémon isn't talked about nearly as enough as the future of Nintendo on mobile. This would not have worked with any other franchise.

I disagree. Pokemon Go could notably improve Nintendo's profits. How quickly this has taken off probably will make Nintendo rethink their cellphone game strategy. I don't think a soul expected this to take off and be even a small fraction of how big it has become overnight. I'd be curious as I think Animal Crossing could benefit from a similar social gaming strategy that Pokemon Go has started. I also think encouraging using technology to go outside and explore is a good move.

I imagine all parties involved with Pokemon Go are scrambling to fix the server problems, fix any bugs, and start adding more content.

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Same for me, OP. Pokemon GO took over my work--if someone had a phone out, there was a 50/50 chance they were playing it.

The social/traversal element is oddly alluring. I even find myself wanting to play it, in spite of not playing mobile games normally. It just sounds adventurous, which is a really good fit for Pokemon (and really puts their "you don't need to catch them all" comment into perspective.)

I'm pretty sure Nintendo holds the most power in this situation considering they had the most shares in the Pokemon Company. The fact that Ninty is the only one that owns the trademarks for all the Pokemon names kinda shows that.

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There must have been a pokemon living in my front yard because I watched a dude walking a dog stop in his tracks, wander to my apple tree with his phone out and catch something. Wonder what it was. I'm glad I knew what he was doing as he looked kinda like a creeper hahaha

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I live somewhat deep at the end of a culdesac so I never see people playing come by my house. There are no poke stops or anything in my neighborhood either. Closest stop is like 5 or so blocks down at a park.

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There must have been a pokemon living in my front yard because I watched a dude walking a dog stop in his tracks, wander to my apple tree with his phone out and catch something. Wonder what it was. I'm glad I knew what he was doing as he looked kinda like a creeper hahaha

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Thursday afternoon I was stopped at a red light and two old ladies who must have been at least in their mid-60s were waving a phone around on the sidewalk. When the one holding the phone turned, I could see it was Pokemon on the screen. Just two grannies out for a stroll in the neighborhood, catching 'em all.

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I'm drowning in PokeBalls. Okay, not actually sure how long 86 will last, but yeah.

I just downloaded the app tonight after my sister who hasn't shown excitement for a game in YEARS came over and was like, "You have to get it! We can catch Pokemon like when we were kids." I can definitely see the appeal to it in that one person is all you need to get the ball rolling. Before you know it, you have numerous members of your family and friends playing together chatting it up about what they've done recently.

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Oh fuck me, dude. My friend was just telling me how he used a lure module at home and a group of people showed up on his block playing Pokemon Go. This is gonna be used by more than a few pedophiles, isn't it?

Look at some of the Ingress maps that are around online. The Pokemon GO map corresponds exactly to it in most cases. Some areas have one Pokestop where Ingress has several individual nodes, but for the most part it's just a reskin of the Ingress map.

It depends on whether you live in a place near pokestops or not and how much you're willing to walk if you don't have pokestops near your house. People who live in rural areas have a smaller supply of pokeballs, but if you live in a big city you might not be able to finish your pokeballs unless you waste them on purpose. I tried playing on the first day in Seoul and I was spinning a pokestop almost every minute.

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In September 2015, it was announced that Niantic is co-developing Pokémon GO with Nintendo and The Pokémon Company for iOS and Android.[20] The following month, Niantic announced Google, Nintendo, and The Pokémon Company would invest $30 million ($20 million upfront with an additional $10 million conditioned upon the company achieving certain milestones[21]) in it to support the growth of the company and its products.

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Oh fuck me, dude. My friend was just telling me how he used a lure module at home and a group of people showed up on his block playing Pokemon Go. This is gonna be used by more than a few pedophiles, isn't it?

This has been a thought by me as someone not playing, BUT THEN, there are literally people of all ages playing this game, and it attracts multiple people usually all at once, so I feel it wouldn't be incredibly handy as a tool for abductions or something. It doesn't bring lone people to a spot usually it seems, but a crowd.

It was only a matter of time until the "Nintendo should go third party" posts came flooding in.

On-topic, hopefully this game can maintain the hype with future updates. Though the lack of My Nintendo integration is surprising (& kinda shines a light on the disconnect between TPC & Nintendo, despite the latter being involved with this game).